The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-07-28

-. The surveying corps of the LYNCH
burg Il Durham X. K has arrived al Dur-
nam. The route of the road has been So
lected with special care.
-. The Greensboro Five Cent SAVINGS
Bank Is reported to be doing "A thriving
business The average daily deposits
amount to about 81 200.
-. Inc horse of an Alamance county
FARMER was frightened to death by a train
last ffloay- The horse saw the train.
trembed, and fell dead.
"a cyclone III Granville county last
week DID considerable damage, blowing
| down houses, lnluring crops Of all kinds.
&c. Its path was a mile wide.
..- George \. Windsor, a negro. under
a bond OF SO, 900 to answer at Rockingham
county court toa charge of arson, has fled.
lie had $4,000 OF his own property in bail
-. Mr.. O. r. Smith, of Durham has
secured the promise of Sc 600 for the cree
| ton of monument at the place where Joe
Johnston surrendered to Sherman, near
| Durham.
49,, Rev: Peyton H. Hoge, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church. Wilmington.
recently presented to the Presbyterian
church at Warsaw a hansome set of pulpit
furniture.
-. James Thomas was convicted last
Friday, at llendersonville, of the murder
OF James K. Barrett, in Henderson county,
october 3rd, 1886, and sentenced to be
hanged
Some obseryant people predict frost
by October sth, just three months after
the katy dds began to sing. That sign
goes along with the ground hog and the
goose bone.
1.-The tests of Durham's water works
so TAR made are satisfactory. A 500, 900
lien against the property has been filed
Tor claim against the contractor 10y
northern firm.
=, some hunters killed snake So,
feet long and seven inches in crcuiut
ance near Weldon some days ago. 1t heo
chased the party out of their boat and
taken possession.
-: Some kind friends took a mortally
SICK horse from Rev. A. d. Belts stable,
at Nashville, put sound horse in it's place,
and then shot the sick beast, which had
| cancer of the eye.
Mr. Burton Todd, of Mecklenburg
county, was seriously wounded last Thurs
day by the accidental discharge of gun
III the hands Of Mr.. p A. Osborne, while
the two We're hunting.
IL ID lHouSul tildt on G0e ltOaDOkc
near Weldon fish Matching station for
the propagation of rock fish will be cstab-
| llshed by the U. S. Formerly the State
| maintained one there.
... Mr.. George Strickland, of Louis
burg, was riding in a buggy with his son
near there last week. The horse ran away.
Both father and son sprang out. The
father fell on his head and was killed.
"A correspondent writing from Bar
claysville, Harnett county, says the intense
heat of July 14th Goth did more damage
to the promising crops than he ever saw
done in anything like an equal space of
time.
-. The Catholic Convent, formerly
| situated in Hickory has been removed to
Asheville and the building in Hickory has
! been purchased by the brotherhood from
Baltimore, who will start school for the
training of Priests
-. The Tarboro Southerner says the
crop reports in Edgecombe are not so ia
vorable. Heavy rains and hot dry wealth
| or were too great extremes for the cotton,
which on light land is turning yellow. Corn
is doing very well.
| .... 1t is claimed by the Warrenton Ga
zette that that place is the healthiest in
the State. In the township, with popu-
| latlon OF l 500, there have been only two
deaths; one of a lady so years of age, the
| other of an infant
-. Senator Vances home, 'Gom-
broom" was first plain cottage Now a
new and handsome structure replaces the
| more primitive one. There is another
| Gombroon. 1t is a town in Persia, and
a very ancient place.
80. In the suit by the town of Durham
against Tax Collector jenkins, of Durham
county, for refusal to pay over the town
ship school fund, Judge Gilmer decided
against the town. The matter goes to the
Supreme Court, on appeal
An ex-Chathamite, now living in
Pitt county, is reported to have deserted
his wife near Holly Springs, Wake county,
| and to have eloped with young daugh
| ter of a well known resident of Chatham,
! the Pittsboro Record learns.
- The farmers dinner, an occasion for
annual enjoyment to the farmers of Har-
nett, will be given at McNeill's grove, Au-
gust 5. Col. Polk Congressman McClam-
my, DR.. Dabney, Rev G. w Sanderlin
and others will make speeches.
..T The Supreme Court reports for the
last term are in two volumes, numbered
the 96th and 97th. There are 210 cases;
100 in the Goth, 10 in the 97th. There
will be 1, $50 pages in the two. The 96th
is now complete and ready for distribution.
Rev. Matthew Stach, the first Mis-
sionary to carry the Gospel to the ice clad
hills of Greenland, about one hundred
years ago, is buried in the Moravian grave
yard at Bethabara, near Salem. A monu-
ment is to be raised to his memory.
80. Adjutant Gen. Johnstone Jones has
received capies of the muster rolls of the
North Carolina troops in the Mexican war.
There were about 1, 100 of these troops; of
which 900 were in Col. Paynes First
North Carolina regiment and over 100 in
Capt. William j. Clarke's company Of L. S.
regulars.
" The Asheville Citizen notes the fact
that as many, if not more, negroes than OF
whites died of sunstroke during the heated
term, and remarks that one thing is certain
In slavery death among the negroes by sun
/ stroke was unknown. In freedom, deaths
: from the same cause among the negroes
are far from uncommon.
, -. Editor Joe Caldwell, of the States
vile Landmark, says that Yadkin count,
Republican has been running little papel
there for several months, devoted to abus,
of Democrats and to the work of breaking
: down the Democratic party. Some time
ago its editor ordered an imposing stone
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